Folding cot



(No Model.)

G. H. WILSON.

FOLDING GOT.

Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

Invenzor.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. 'WILSON, OF UTIGA, NEIV YORK.

FOLDING COT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,597, dated November 19, 1889.

Application filed January 18,1889. Serial No. 296,764. (No model.)

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEoEeE H. WILsON, of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Cots; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to a foldiu g cot or bed and it consists in mechanism hereinafter pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved cot. Fig. 2 represents an end view of Fig.1. Fig. 3 represents a side view of the legs, the side bar being removed. Fig. 4 represents a portion of the frame, showing a top View of the same whenthe legs are extended. Fig. 5 shows a similar view to Fig. 4, showing the position of the legs when folded inside of the side bars. Fig, 6 is an edge view of Fig. 5, the side bar being removed. Fig. 7 shows a vertical section of the cross-bar of the frame and the location of the connecting-link with the slotted leg, and Fig. 8 represents the connecting-link and the staples for securing the link to the cross-bar of the bed-frame.

In the drawings similar figures refer to corresponding parts throughout the views.

In constructing myimproved cot I provide a rigid bed-bottom having parallel side rails 1, secured at each end with cross-bar 2, on which the canvas is stretched. I support the bedbottom by legs 3, pivoted at 4, Figs. 1 and 3, to the side rails, as shown in Fig. 1. The legs 3 are secured together by connecting-rod 5, Figs. 1, 4, and 5, which connecting-rod serves as a pivotal point for slotted braces 6, Figs. 1, 5, and 7. The slotted braces are held together rigidly at the top by head-bar 7.

Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 5, rigidly secured to the braces. The slotted braces are connected to cross-bar 2, Fig. 7, by links 8, Figs. 4, 5, 7, and S, secured to cross-bar 2 by staples 9, Figs. 7 and 8, driven into the cross-bar of the bed-frame, as shown in Fig. 7, so as to firmly hold link 8 to the frame of the bed-bottom.

The opposite end of the links are placed in slots 10 in the braces, Figs. 1, 3, 6, and 7, and are free to move in the slots when the legs of the cot are folded inside of the side rails, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the links operating as a second brace to support the bed-bottom when the legs are extended and to hold the braces in position when the legs are folded inside of the side rails. The legs being folded inside of the side rails, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the cot is then folded in shape for shipment, and when it is desired to use the cot the legs are moved downward, as indicated in dotted lines at the right of Fig. 1.

The legs and braces are then moved into the position shown in full lines, when the cot is extended ready for use, whereby a head and foot board are provided in the ends of the braces which project above the horizontal plane of the upper portion of the bed-bottom, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thus forming a cheap, reliable, and durable cot, serviceable in shipping and packing and also in use.

The form of link 8 in plan is substantially a square-bottomed U shape, having outwardly-extended projections on the extremity of each arm. The slot 10 in the brace 6 permits of the introduction of one arm of the link 8 in assembling the parts, as well as a movement of the link in the slot during the folding, and the link may be first placed in or at any time removed from the staples 9, which hold it to the cross-bar, by springing the arms together slightly and carrying the projections thereon out of line with the staples.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a folding cot having parallel side bars and cross-bars held to the side bars, in combination with the folding legs pivoted to the inside of the side bars, and slotted braces pivoted to the legs, and the U-shaped link 8, passing through and working in the slot in the brace and engaged by eyes or staples in the cross-bar, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEO. II. IVILSON.

Witnesses:

EDWIN II. RIsLEY, DANIEL MoGUoKEN. 

